Episode 13: Heart of Gold
I absolutely love these opening recaps that foreshadow what the relevant relationships and storylines for the episode are going to be. They get me excited because I am really invested in all of these relationships so I'm always pleased to know there's going to be some advancement regarding them. Being excited going into an episode is a very good thing.
There's still nothing on the Simon-Kaylee front, which is fine considering all that went down on the Mal-Inara front. However, what happened there has upset me. Not in a "I'm so unhappy with how the writers did this" way, but in a "oh dude Mal that blows bro" way. This is a relationship I've been wanting to see advanced for awhile now. It was certainly advanced, just in a way completely opposite of how I wanted, and it gave me a sad face. I really dislike that Nandi chick because dammit Mal was supposed to sleep with Inara you dumb whore and now you died and ****ed everything up since you can't step out of the middle now because you are dead and forever in the middle of their relationship. So frustrating. And now Inara is leaving and I'm just all :(. That's okay, though, because I love episodes and shows that pull at my heart strings like that and make me feel so connected to the characters.
Aside from all of that, though, it was actually a really funny episode. And there was also stuff between Wash and Zoe about a baby, but that was dumb and Zoe is being a dumb woman if she wants a baby at this point in time, so I hope nothing comes from that conversation and was meant as nothing but furthering the idea that "these two are married and they have real married people issues so you'd best all see that." Also, that was the first baby River ever delivered as well.
Character Rankings:
Mal
Simon
Inara
Jayne
Kaylee
Wash
Shepherd
River
Zoe
Episode Rankings:
War Stories
Ariel
Our Mrs. Reynolds
Trash
Heart of Gold
Out of Gas
The Message
Jaynestown
Shindig
Train Job
Safe
Bushwhacked
Pilot
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